My LJ's birthday: Thank you all!

[reviews_and_ramblings]

4 years ago I opened this LiveJournal. A lot of things happened, some good, some bad, but mostly good. 4 years ago I had to browse the special line of some epublishers to find the books I wanted to read, now it seems that most of the newfounded epus are for Gay & Lesbian novels. Now I know that my perception is distorted, that I'm living in a small niche and if I go out there, in the big sea, I would be eaten alive by the sharks, but I like my little niche. I would like to use some of the gifts people sent me in the last months to party:



And now a bit of numbers, you know I love numbers... In the last year, from December 2009 to today, I received/bought 1255 ebooks (without considering the print books), this means more than 100 LGBT releases per month.

At todat my LiveJournal counts 1636 reviews:
- 896 contemporary fiction
- 321 paranormal fiction
- 156 fantasy fiction
- 144 historical fiction
- 119 futuristic fiction

The most common theme is "Virgins... at least in one way" (387 tags): ok, the myth of the blushing virgin, or the allure of the first love is still something, apparently, people like, otherwise there would be not so many books.

The most reviewed publisher is Torquere Press (353 tags): well, truth be told, it was also the first publisher to enlist me as official reviewer, way back in 2007 I believe, so I think it's normal.

The most reviewed author is Willa Okati (46 tags): aside from the fact that yes, I like her style very much, again she is one of the first author I "met" years ago, so, again, I think it's quite normal.

Following the monthly statistics for my LJ from January 2010 to today:



as you can read the best month was January 2010 with 63.210 monthly visits (and only 2% was from LJ users) and 155.081 pages views: that means an average of 2.104 single hits per day. Honestly the worst month was June 2010 with 19.043 monthly visits (6% was from LJ users) and 76.584 pages views: that means an average of 635 single hits per day.

And now a big thank you to my Top 10 Commenters:

Top Commenters on elisa_rolle's LiveJournal
(Of users in friends list)

1	abstractrx	280
2	snowmore	254
3	lee_rowan	187
4	shadownyc	155
5	angelabenedetti	151
6	ashmedai	134
7	maximvanziel	130
8	clarelondon	128
9	yachay	126
10	valkovalin	113

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Report generated 23/11/2010 13:59:19 by scrapdog's LJ Comment Stats Wizard 1.7

Thank you all guys (and girls) for making this LJ more interesting.

Comments

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to you! :D

[egret17.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the anniversary!! Yesterday was my blog's birthday, too. :)

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Great stuff Elisa...congrats on making it to four years.
I always look forward to your gay cinema reviews, I've discovered lots of good movie through you.

Hugs

[elena-62.livejournal.com]

Buon compleanno e... grazie a te!

Un caro saluto

Antonella

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ Birthday! *hugs* :D

[princesslanie.livejournal.com]

happy lj birthday. :)

[valkovalin.livejournal.com]

Big congrats on your blog anniversay, Elisa! You were one of the very first in our genre. Thanks for sharing the stats -- I love information like this. :)

[ls1966.livejournal.com]

Wow, thats great!!
Congratulations..

Hugs Linda

[kassa-rvws.livejournal.com]

Happy blog birthday ! 4 yrs is quite an accomplishment and I wish you many more years in the future. Very impressive stats but that's to be expected from you :). Congrats and best wishes.

[misslucyjane]

Congratulations!

[eevereon.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ birthday! And thank you for all you've done for us, Elisa :)

[kika-k.livejournal.com]

Auguri!!! Felice Anniversario! :)
L'evento merita che tu abbia la tua firma colorata!
Scegli quello che preferisci :)
(http://pics.livejournal.com/kika_k/pic/003scb7p/)

(http://pics.livejournal.com/kika_k/pic/003sd1te/)

p.s. Non sono io l'autrice. *sigh* :P

[pd-singer.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on all the achievements! It's always a wonderful feeling to see that you've looked at something of mine -- that leaves me floating in the air for days.

Best wishes for more good years and great reading.

[sarahblack5.livejournal.com]

a very happy birthday to you, my dear!

[starsinshapes.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[ryan field (from livejournal.com)]

Happy Anniversary, Elisa!! This is always a wonderful place to go.

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Happy Blog's Birthday, Elisa! You're doing an amazing job, and it just keeps getting better.

[elizaben.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ Anniversary! Keep up the good work ;)

[clmiles.livejournal.com]

\o/ Happy LJ Birthday!!! Congratulations!! *throws confetti*

[lucifuge-5.livejournal.com]

Happy LJ anniversary, Elisa! Here is to many more years of your reviews! *pops open a bottle of good Veuve Cliquot to celebrate*

[An aside about the stats: how very fascinating! For some reason, I thought that December would be the month with the highest stat (because of the Rainbow Awards.) Do you have any thoughts on why it was January?

About the one thing I can guess is that many people stay indoors (due to the winter weather in the Northern hemisphere)? OTOH, I have zero idea of June's low. I could *almost* say that it's due to it being summer (again in the Northern hemisphere) and so people are out and about. Hmmm. *ponders*]

[amanda young (from livejournal.com)]

Congrats and Happy Anniversary!